Segmentation model user interface

Abstract

A data warehouse may include a data set of items associated with a plurality of attributes. An input handler may be configured to receive selections of attributes and filter options and a placement of an attribute icon representing each selection within a segmentation model displayed within a results portion of a graphical user interface (GUI). A view generator may be configured to provide the segmentation model in the results portion, the model including a data set icon representing the items, provide an attribute list in a segmentation portion of the GUI including a list of the attributes, provide the attribute icon within the segmentation model based on the placement, and provide a flow indicator corresponding to the filter option associated with each attribute icon. A filter may be configured to obtain a subset of the plurality of items corresponding to each selection based on the placement and filter option.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELDThis description relates to data management.BACKGROUNDAn integral part of any successful business includes data management. The data may include anything from product data, service data, employee information, customer databases (including past, current and potential customers), accounting and other kinds of data. As the business grows, the data that needs to be managed may grow as well and may quickly become very large. A critical part of the data management process is filtering the large amount of data to obtain a specific or desired subset of data that may be of interest. For example, with a large amount of customer information, a company may desire to locate only a smaller subset of the customers for whom to market a particular product or service.Conventional techniques of determining a set of parameters by which to filter the data to try and locate a subset of current interest has its own challenges. For example, filtering the data by too many parameters may yield...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

According to an example embodiment machine executable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium that, when executed on a data processing apparatus, are configured to cause the data processing apparatus to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided. A segmentation portion of the GUI is configured to display an attribute list including a plurality of selectable attributes associated with a plurality of items of a data set, wherein each attribute is associated with a plurality of selectable filter options. A results portion of the GUI is configured to display a segmentation model, including a data set icon representing the plurality of items of the data set, an attribute icon for each of the plurality of selectable attributes selected by a user from the attribute list, the attribute icon representing a subset of the plurality of items, associated with the data set icon, filtered based on the selected attributes from the attribute list, wherein a first subset from a first attribute icon is filtered to obtain a second subset for a second attribute icon subsequent to the first attribute icon in the segmentation model, and flow indicators indicating relationships between two or more attribute icons and the data set icon in the segmentation model.

According to another example embodiment a system is provided. A data warehouse includes a data set wherein the data set includes a plurality of items, each item associated with a plurality of attributes. An input handler is associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) and is configured to receive selections of one or more of the attributes and including a filter option associated with each selection and a placement of an attribute icon representing each selection within a segmentation model displayed within a results portion of the GUI. A view generator is configured to provide: the segmentation model in the results portion of the GUI, the segmentation model including a data set icon representing the plurality of items of the data set, an attribute list in a segmentation portion of the GUI, the attribute list including a selectable list of the plurality of attributes, the attribute icon, associated with each selection, within the segmentation model based on the placement, and a flow indicator corresponding to the filter option associated with each attribute icon. A filter is con

Problems solved by technology

As the business grows, the data that needs to be managed may grow as well and may quickly become very large.

Conventional techniques of determining a set of parameters by which to filter the data to try and locate a subset of current interest has its own challenges.

Without greater visibility in the filtering process, extracting a desired subset of data from a larger set of data may be quite challenging.

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